]]>After November’s monstrous Patch Tuesday cycle, Microsoft’s holiday gift to admins will be fewer updates to implement this time around.

In its advance security notification, Microsoft provided details about the seven bulletins for the last Patch Tuesday cycle of the year. Three bulletins are marked as critical and four are marked as important.

The important bulletins address elevation of privilege, information disclosure and remote code execution vulnerabilities. The updates will affect multiple versions of Exchange, Office and Windows.

Last month was the largest Patch Tuesday cycle of the year with 14 security updates, but two updates were pulled at the last minute. Microsoft rolled out one of the delayed updates the week after Patch Tuesday. The other delayed update, which affected Exchange, appears with this month’s round of updates.

What do you think of the latest Patch Tuesday security updates? Let us know in the comments below or on Twitter @SearchWinServer.

]]>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/windows-server/critical-updates-for-windows-office-ie-in-december-patch-tuesday/feed/0Critical IE, Windows updates coming in October Patch Tuesdayhttp://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/blog/The-Windows-Server-Notebook/Critical-IE-Windows-updates-coming-in-October-Patch-Tuesday
http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/blog/The-Windows-Server-Notebook/Critical-IE-Windows-updates-coming-in-October-Patch-TuesdayThu, 09 Oct 2014 17:40:59 +0000http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/blog/The-Windows-Server-Notebook/Critical-IE-Windows-updates-coming-in-October-Patch-TuesdayMicrosoft will release a number of security treats in this month’s Patch Tuesday updates to prevent systems from falling victim to security tricks. In its advance notification bulletin, the company said there will be nine security updates released next Tuesday. Three bulletins are marked as critical, one bulletin is moderate and five bulletins are important....

]]>Microsoft will release a number of security treats in this month’s Patch Tuesday updates to prevent systems from falling victim to security tricks.

In its advance notification bulletin, the company said there will be nine security updates released next Tuesday. Three bulletins are marked as critical, one bulletin is moderate and five bulletins are important.

The three critical updates address remote code execution vulnerabilities. Multiple versions of Internet Explorer and Windows will be affected.

The lone moderate update addresses an elevation of privilege bulletin in several versions of Windows and Microsoft Office.

The five important bulletins address remote code execution, elevation of privilege and security feature bypass vulnerabilities. Multiple versions of Windows, Office, Office Web Apps and Developer Tools will be affected.

The number of this month’s Patch Tuesday security updates is a significant increase from last month’s round of updates. There were four security updates to address 42 vulnerabilities with just one critical fix for IE.

What do you think of this month’s Patch Tuesday security updates? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter @SearchWinServer.

]]>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/windows-server/critical-ie-windows-updates-coming-in-october-patch-tuesday/feed/01 critical IE update, 3 important updates in September Patch Tuesdayhttp://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/blog/The-Windows-Server-Notebook/1-critical-IE-update-3-important-updates-in-September-Patch-Tuesday
http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/blog/The-Windows-Server-Notebook/1-critical-IE-update-3-important-updates-in-September-Patch-TuesdayThu, 04 Sep 2014 17:37:50 +0000http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/blog/The-Windows-Server-Notebook/1-critical-IE-update-3-important-updates-in-September-Patch-TuesdayWindows Server admins can expect September to be a light month of Patch Tuesday security updates. In its advance security notification, Microsoft outlined four security bulletins to be released next week. There is only one critical bulletin, and the other three are important. The month’s lone critical bulletin addresses a remote code execution vulnerability. Multiple...

The three important bulletins address denial of service and elevation of privilege vulnerabilities. Multiple versions of Windows Server and Microsoft Lync will be affected.

There are noticeably fewer security updates this month than compared to August. Microsoft released nine bulletins in the last Patch Tuesday cycle, including a critical patch for multiple versions of IE. Microsoft also gave all supported IE versions a whitelisting functionality.

What do you think about this month’s Patch Tuesday updates? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter @SearchWinServer.

]]>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/windows-server/1-critical-ie-update-3-important-updates-in-september-patch-tuesday/feed/2Critical updates coming for IE, Windows in August Patch Tuesdayhttp://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/blog/The-Windows-Server-Notebook/Critical-updates-coming-for-IE-Windows-in-August-Patch-Tuesday
http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/blog/The-Windows-Server-Notebook/Critical-updates-coming-for-IE-Windows-in-August-Patch-TuesdayThu, 07 Aug 2014 19:54:38 +0000http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/blog/The-Windows-Server-Notebook/Critical-updates-coming-for-IE-Windows-in-August-Patch-TuesdayAdmins will have their hands full applying updates in this month’s round of Patch Tuesday updates. In its advance security notification, Microsoft released nine bulletins for this month’s security updates. Two of the updates are critical and seven are important. Both critical bulletins address remote code execution vulnerabilities. Multiple versions of Internet Explorer and Windows...

The seven important bulletins address remote code execution, elevation of privilege and security bypass feature vulnerabilities. Software in Microsoft Office and SharePoint will be affected, as will multiple versions of SQL Server, Windows and .NET Framework.

This round of Patch Tuesday updates includes one of the highest bulletin counts Windows Server admins have seen this year. Including this month’s upcoming security updates, 2014 has included 51 bulletins, down from last year’s 66 bulletins at the same time.

What do you think of the latest Patch Tuesday updates? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter @SearchWinServer.

]]>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/windows-server/critical-updates-coming-for-ie-windows-in-august-patch-tuesday/feed/0Critical fixes for Windows, IE coming in July Patch Tuesdayhttp://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/blog/The-Windows-Server-Notebook/Critical-fixes-for-Windows-IE-coming-in-July-Patch-Tuesday
http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/blog/The-Windows-Server-Notebook/Critical-fixes-for-Windows-IE-coming-in-July-Patch-TuesdayThu, 03 Jul 2014 17:29:54 +0000http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/blog/The-Windows-Server-Notebook/Critical-fixes-for-Windows-IE-coming-in-July-Patch-TuesdayAdmins can expect to see some familiar security updates in the latest Patch Tuesday, but they can also expect to see a rare update. In its advance security notification, Microsoft said there will be six bulletins in this batch of security updates. Two are critical, three are important and one is moderate. Both of the...

]]>Admins can expect to see some familiar security updates in the latest Patch Tuesday, but they can also expect to see a rare update.

In its advance security notification, Microsoft said there will be six bulletins in this batch of security updates. Two are critical, three are important and one is moderate.

Both of the critical security updates will address remote code execution vulnerabilities and will affect multiple versions of Windows Server and Internet Explorer. All three important updates will address elevation of privilege vulnerabilities and will affect multiple versions of Windows.

The rare moderate update addresses a denial of service vulnerability and affects Microsoft Service Bus for Windows Server.

Microsoft will also include an updated version of its Malicious Software Removal Tool, it said.

Last month’s Patch Tuesday security updates addressed a large number of vulnerabilities. One of the critical updates addressed 59 reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer.

What do you think of the upcoming security updates for July’s Patch Tuesday? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter @SearchWinServer.

]]>http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/windows-server/critical-fixes-for-windows-ie-coming-in-july-patch-tuesday/feed/0Critical fixes for IE, Lync, Office and Windows in June Patch Tuesdayhttp://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/blog/The-Windows-Server-Notebook/Critical-fixes-for-IE-Lync-Office-and-Windows-in-June-Patch-Tuesday
http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/blog/The-Windows-Server-Notebook/Critical-fixes-for-IE-Lync-Office-and-Windows-in-June-Patch-TuesdayThu, 05 Jun 2014 17:37:49 +0000http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/blog/The-Windows-Server-Notebook/Critical-fixes-for-IE-Lync-Office-and-Windows-in-June-Patch-TuesdayThe latest round of Patch Tuesday updates will include some familiar fixes, but it also includes some fixes admins don’t often see. In its latest advance security notification, Microsoft said the newest security updates will include seven bulletins. Two of the bulletins are critical and five are important. Both critical bulletins address remote code execution...

The important bulletins in this Patch Tuesday cycle address remote code execution, information disclosure and denial of service vulnerabilities as well as a rare tampering vulnerability. Multiple versions of Lync, Office and Windows are affected.

The company said it will also release an updated version of its Malicious Software Removal Tool, which can be accessed through the Download Center, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services or Windows Update.

What do you think of the latest Patch Tuesday security updates? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter @SearchWinServer.